What do you mean by "sabbath"?

For our purposes, a sabbath is one day a week which an individual or group intentionally reserves for one or more of the following:

• religious observances
• family and friends
• cultural and intellectual pursuits
• self-care

...while abstaining from, or greatly limiting, one or more of the following:

• working
• asking others to work
• commercial activity
• certain technologies
• certain forms of entertainment

Most of the Short Readings for the New Sabbatarianism deal directly with sabbaths in this sense, but some are focused on holidays, weekends, work-life balance, or the general concept of rest.

Last updated August 9th, 2026.